sting
[ sting ]
/ stɪŋ /
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verb (used with object), stung [stuhng] /stʌŋ/ or (Obsolete) stang [stang]; /stæŋ/; stung; sting·ing.
verb (used without object), stung [stuhng] /stʌŋ/ or (Obsolete) stang [stang]; /stæŋ/; stung; sting·ing.
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Origin of sting
First recorded before 900; (verb) Middle English stingen, Old English stingan “to pierce”; cognate with Old Norse stinga “to pierce,” Gothic -stangan (in usstangan “to pull out”); (noun) Middle English sting(e),Old English: “act of stinging,” derivative of the verb
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British Dictionary definitions for sting
sting
/ (stɪŋ) /
verb stings, stinging or stung
noun
Derived forms of sting
stinging, adjectivestingingly, adverbstingingness, nounWord Origin for sting
Old English stingan; related to Old Norse stinga to pierce, Gothic usstangan to pluck out, Greek stakhus ear of corn
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Medical definitions for sting
sting
[ stĭng ]
v.
To pierce or wound painfully with or as if with a sharp-pointed structure or organ, as that of certain insects.
To introduce venom by stinging.
To cause to feel a sharp smarting pain by or as if by pricking with a sharp point.
n.
The act of stinging.
The wound or pain caused by or as if by stinging.
The venom apparatus of a stinging organism.
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Idioms and Phrases with sting
sting
see take the sting out of.
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